Vanessa - Redcar & Cleveland Development Worker

Vanessa was born and raised in Thornaby. She has over 20 years experience of working in areas of significant deprivation in Middlesbrough and Sheffield. She has extensive experience of community engagement and development in church related projects within diverse communities, with specific insight gained from working with families facing challenging circumstances, supporting vulnerable women and developing volunteers in community engagement.

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Together Middlesbrough & Cleveland were delighted to be able to offer support to the vision of House 42 and help to secure start-up funding with a grant from Church Urban Fund. One year on from the project launch is is wonderful to hear from Meg Vale how House 42 has grown and developed.

This summer, Feast of Fun welcomed a whole new generation of volunteers, older people through Faithfully Ageing Better, who shared their time and talents with children and families to create a "Feast of Fun across the Generations."

As the summer holidays end & children go back to school we want to say a huge thank you to all the churches, schools and community groups that supported children and families in 20 communities across Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland.

We work to bring people together who are near neighbours in communities that are religiously and ethnically diverse, so that they can get to know each other better, build relationships of trust and collaborate together on initiatives that improve the local community they live in.

The Together Network aims to develop capacity for action at a local level, and to inform, inspire, resource and support local churches and organisations,as they work to address issues of social justice and relationships between communities.